Hard rock jellies: Throng of rare fossils found in Midwest quarry

A sandstone quarry that normally supplies flagstone for hearths and custom countertops recently served up a rare scientific find nearly half a billion years in the making: fossils of an armada of jellyfish that stud the sites stone slabs.

RARE FOSSIL FIND. Top view of a 35-centimeter jellyfish stranded on a tropical beach 495 million years ago.